The Monsters

Oct 30, 1963

2h 3m

★ 7.3

14 Happenings! Wild! Weird! Wonderful!

Overview

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Fair Film

Incei Film

Mountfluor Film

Dicifrance

The Monsters Trailers

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Cast

The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ugo Tognazzi

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Vittorio Gassman

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Lando Buzzanca

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Marisa Merlini

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Rika Dialina

The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Michèle Mercier

The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé

Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

Franco Castellani

Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

Maria Mannelli

The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Mario Laurentino

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Angela Portaluri

Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Carlo Kechler

Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to create one of his famous fiery speeches to mobilize the masses. Goebbels therefore brings a Jewish acting teacher Grünbaum and his family from the camps in order to train the leader in rhetoric. Grünbaum is torn, but starts Hitler in his therapy ...

6.5

The Smile

Feb 17, 2022

The Smile is a story about beauty and horror, the definitive biopic documentary about the life and the downfall of Knud Dendermonde, the world-famous damsel-devouring horror-movie actor we all know as The Smile. In this documentary, we trace every step of Knud's turbulent life. There will be interviews with many of his colleagues, movie trailers and clips and unique behind the scenes footage. Finally, we get to hear the shocking truth, what REALLY happened!

8.5

VR

Oct 6, 2024

David receives his new VR glasses and one morning, while his girlfriend goes shopping, he tries them out.

6.8

History of the World: Part I

Jun 12, 1981

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

6.5

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Aug 29, 2006

The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.

6.5

Silent Movie

Jun 17, 1976

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

5.5

Theo Against the Rest of the World

Sep 25, 1980

Theo is having some bad luck. His barely paid-for truck has been stolen, and credit collectors are after him. The chase leads him across Europe.

3.5

How to Apply for a Sexual Position

Aug 2, 2017

Reverse Cowgirl. Rusty Trombone. The Wheelbarrow. Go inside the government office responsible for creating sexual positions as one woman pitches the position she hopes will take the world by storm.

7.5

Ninotchka

Nov 16, 1939

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

7.3

Pleasantville

Sep 17, 1998

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.

6.1

The Canterbury Tales

Sep 2, 1972

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

3.0

Emergency Act 19

Jul 19, 2002

All around the world, musicians and rock stars are being elected to their respective countries' highest offices. Paul McCartney is running for Prime Minister of England; Madonna's being tapped as the VP in the United States. The current prime minister and head of the army in Korea are disturbed by this trend, and concoct Emergency Order 19 to deal with the problem: ban all music. The film is famous for the many pop music celebrity cameos it features.

5.6

Striptease

Jun 28, 1996

Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.

6.8

They Called Him Bulldozer

Sep 15, 1978

The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people arranges a football match against the local Armybase, he is asked to be their trainer. His boat was damaged by a submarine and he currently has no work, so he agrees.

6.7

Under the Tree

Sep 6, 2017

When Baldvin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.